MATHEMATICS AND SURVEYING

MAY 2013

1. Find the sum of the first 7 terms of the series 50°C and R = 35 ohms at 100°C, determine the
2, 5, 12 ½ . . . . . following:
9. Find the value of α
a. 822.50 b. 812.50 c. 802.50 d. 800.50
2. Determine the sum to infinity of the series a. 0.003 b. 0.004 c. 0.005 d. 0.006
4, 2, 1 . . . . . 10. Find the value of Ro

a. 6 b. 7 c. 8 d. 9 a. 22 b. 23 c. 24 d. 25
3. Find the sum to infinity of the series 11. A country barn house chickens and pigs. In
2 ½, -1 ¼, 5/8 . . . . . order to determine the exact number of each
kind of animals in the barn, the former owner
a. 5/3 b. 3/5 c. -5/3 d. -3/5 told a visiting Civil Engineer graduate to simply
4. Meriam and Lilia decided to eat pizza hut.
count the total number of heads and legs, the
Meriam ordered 3 slices of pizza and 3 soft
visitor did so and reported 60 heads and 140
drinks. Meriam paid P600 while Lilia paid P525.
legs. How many pigs were there?
How much did one pizza size cost?
a. 40 b. 30 c. 20 d. 10
a. 150 b.140 c. 130 d. 120 12. If the domain of y = 2x + 1 is {x|-2 ≤ x ≤ 3}.
Situation 1:
Which of the following is not in the range.
A certain physical characteristic of solid yields the
following equation. c = a + bt when c = 52, a. -4 b. 0 c. -2 d. 7
t = 100 and when c = 172, t = 400. 13. If a is positive integer, then which of the
5. Find “a” following mathematical statements must be
true of (a - 1), (a), (a + 1).
a. 22 b. 10 c. 12 d. 14 a. It is always negative
6. Find “b”
b. It is always odd
a. -0.4 b. 0.2 c. 0.40 d. 0.8 c. It is always divisible by 3
Situation 2: d. It is always divisible by 4
The electrical circuit analysis resulted in the 14. Find – 4|d|, given that d is not equal to 0.
following governing equations.
a. – 4|d| b. 4|d| c. – 4|-d| d. 4|-d|
5=0.2 I 1 +2 ( I 1−I 2 )
15. If ab is divisible by c, which of the following can
12=3 I 2+ 0.4 I 2−2(I 1−I 2 ) not be true?
7. Find the value of I1. a. a is not divisible by c
b. b is divisible by c
a. 4.62 b.5.62 c. 3.62 d. 2.62
c. a is a prime number
8. Find the value of I2.
d. ab + c is odd and c is even
a. 6.47 b. 6.74 c. 7.64 d. 7.46 16. Find the product of two numbers such that their
Situation 3: sum multiplied by the sum of their squares is
The resistance R ohms of a length of wire at t 5,500, and their differences multiplied by the
degrees centigrade is given by the formula, difference of their squares is 352.
R=R o (1+ αt ) where Ro is the resistance at 0°
a. 114 b. 115 c. 116 d. 117
centigrade and α is the temperature coefficient of
17. Martin buys a pen for P75.00, he then marks up
resistance in degrees centigrade. If R = 30 ohms at
the price by 80% consequently sells it for a
 discount of 20%. If the transaction was paid in What is the relative error in his volume
cash, what was his profit from the deal? computation?

a. 30 b. 31 c. 32 d. 33 a. 0.21 b. 0.61 c. 0.10 d. 0.16

18. In what time would Peter, Paul and Mary Situation 4:
together do a piece of work if Peter could do it A circle is described algebraically by the equation
in 6 hours more, Paul alone in one hour more x 2+ y 2−6 x+ 8 y+ 21=0.
and Mary alone in twice the time? 25. Determine the coordinate of the center

a. 20 min b. 30 min c. 40 min d. 50 min a. (-3,4) b. (3,4) c. (4,3) d. (3,-4)

26. Determine the radius of the circle
19. If you are to multiply the expressions (-2) 1/2 and
1 /2 a. 4 b. 2 c. 3 d. 1
−1
( )
2
, what will be the result? 27. Determine the area of the circle

a. 4π b. 5π c. 6π d. 7π
a. 1/2 b. -1/2 c. 2/3 d. -2/3 28. Find the area bounded by the parabola y 2=x
20. Two thirds of people in a party are lawyers,
and the line x + y=2.
whose average I.Q. is 120. The rest are
engineers, whose I.Q. is 180. What is the a. 3/2 b. 1/3 c. 2/9 d. 9/2
average I.Q. of all persons in the room? 4
29. Find the area bounded by the curve y= 2,
x +4
a. 140 b. 145 c. 150 d. 155 the x-axis, the vertical line x = -2 and x = 2.
21. Daniel and Nathan belong to the same baseball
team. After so many swings, Daniel recorded 8 a. 2π/3 b. 4π c. π d. π/2
hits out of 20 times at bat. Judging on his 30. Find the area bounded by the parabola
present performance record, what is the x= y 2−5 y and x=3 y− y2 .
probability that both will get a hit next at bat?
a. 34/6 b. 64/3 c. 46/3 d. 36/4
a. 4/20 b. 5/20 c. 8/20 d. 3/20 Situation 5:
22. If a log x = y where b is the base of logarithm, A drill bit apparatus is bought at one million pesos
then what value of x is equal to what form? and is rated to produce 2,500 drill bits per year. It
has an expected minimum output of 10,000 bits
a. x = yb b. x = by c. x = yb d. x = by
before replacement, and will fetch a scrap value of
23. A few books are laid out on a desk in a library.
P50,000. The machine has the following operations
Two are Hydraulics, three are Mathematics, one
and maintenance costs:
is Design and four are Surveying. Student A
Cost of lease of space . . . . . P25,000 per year
selects a hydraulics book and student B then
Cost of electricity required per drill bit produced
selects a surveying book. Both students took
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . P9.00
their selections to the classroom to study. If
Rated maintenance cost per unit produced
student C then selects a book at random, what
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . P7.00
is the probability that he selects a hydraulics
Cost of labor per unit produced
book?
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . P35.00
a. 3/8 b. 4/8 c. 1/8 d. 1/4 Assume a depreciation by Sinking Fund Method
24. In order to find the volume of a certain very at 12% discount rate.
small cube, Panfilo measured an edge using a 31. To the nearest peso, what is the fixed cost per
ruler and found it to be 2 cm. he later found unit?
that the actual length of the cube is 2.1 cm.
a. P51 b. P15 c. P61 d. P16
32. What is the total production cost per unit? What must be the average in the two games in
order to attain this?
a. 170.51 b. 160.51 c. 150.51 d. 140.51
33. How many years will it take to produce 6000 a. 210 b. 110 c. 300 d. 120
units? 41. If left alone, a certain specie of grass expands
the ground if covers following the equation
a. 1.2 yrs b. 2.4 yrs c. 2.1 yrs d. 4.2 yrs
1/ 2 A=0.5(1.21)t, where A is the area originally
34. Given the equation ( x +5) +1=x, use
covered by the grass in million sq.m. and t is the
algebraic operations to determine the solution
number of years since 1998. In what year will
set.
the area covered reach 10 million for the first
a. 7 b. 6 c. 5 d. 4 time?
35. As of the moment, Procopio has a selection of
a. 2013 b. 2014 c. 2015 d. 2016
98 DVDs. He plans to expand his collection by
42. Along EDSA, two billboards were erected. They
buying x DVDs each week for y weeks.
are of dissimilar sizes with their sides having a
Determine the total number of DVDs that he
ratio of 5:4. The bigger billboard required 250
will have?
m2of material to cover the entire billboard. How
a. 98(x+y) b. 98y+x c. 98+xy d. 98x+y much material, in m2, is needed for the smaller
36. Ernie earned a P2,000 commission n a big deal, one?
raising his average commission by P100. Ernie’s
a. 130 m2 b. 140 m2 c. 150 m2 d. 160 m2
new average commission now is P900. How
43. A surveyor measures a distance of 25.07 m
many sales has he made so far?
using break chaining. The tape was not actually
a. 12 b. 10 c. 8 d. 4 accurately levelled at that time, and at the
plumb bob end was 1.03m lower than it should
37. The population of weeds in a particular idle field be. Find the correct distance.
doubles every year. If there are 2,000 weeds
a. 27.05 b. 24.05 c. 26.05 d. 25.05m
now, in approximately how many years will it
take the population to grow to a million or
44. A sphere has a volume of 2000 m3. There exists
more?
a small circle of the sphere, the plane of which
a. 8 yrs b. 9 yrs c. 10 yrs d. 11 yrs is 6.5 m from the center. Calculating the area of
38. In about 4 years from now, the population of the small circle of the sphere in m.
mosquitos doubles every 2 years, if the
a. 69 m2 b. 89 m2 c. 79 m2 d. 59 m2
population now is 2 x 107, what was the
45. A new engineer who just passed the Board
population 4 years ago?
Exam decided he will not work and will just do
a. 2 x 105 b. 5 x 102 c. 6 x 105 d. 5 x 106 some stock market instead. He acquired a
39. The population of germs in an open wound if portfolio comprising of stocks in GHG which has
left untreated doubles every two days. If these an annual gain of 10%, and stocks in Apollo and
were 200 germs in the wound six days ago, how Praxedes, Inc., with annual gain of 20%. If the
many germs will there be in the same wound 4 total combined stock portfolio gained 14%
days from now? overall, which of the following is true?
a. There are more stocks of GHG than Apollo
a. 6,200 b. 6,300 c. 6,400 d. 6,500 and Praxedes, Inc.
40. A bowler’s average score for 6 games is 150. He b. There is not enough information to
wants to raise his total average score by 10% by determine the numbers.
scoring more in the remaining two games left.
 c. There are more stocks of Apollo and the order in the series, what maybe the
Praxedes, Inc. than GHG. common ratio of the terms in this series?
d. GHG and Apollo and Praxedes, Inc. have
a. 1.2 b. 1.5 c. 1 d. 15
equal number of stocks.
55. N is the normally distributed variable with an
Situation 6:
average or mean of zero. Approximately 2% of
The monitor in a nuclear research laboratory
the observations are -10 or smaller. Determine
showed a cyclical curve which follows the following
approximately what fraction of the observation
function,
lie between 0 and 5.
1
f ( t )= sin 4 t
2 a. 3/2 b. 1/3 c. 2/3 d. 3/4
46. Determine the amplitude 56. The position of a particle moving along a
straight line is given by
a. 1/2 b. 2 c. 1/4 d. 4
47. Determine the period S=t 3−6 t 2−12 t−8.
The distance is increasing for:
a. π/4 b. π/2 c. 4π d. 2π
48. Determine the frequency a. 1 < t < 3 c. t > 2
b. t < 2 d. all except t = 2
a. 0.64 b. 1.27 c. 0.16 d. 0.08 57. The displacement from the origin of a particle
2a b 4x 2x
49. If ( 3 ) ( 11 )=( 24 )( 33 ), what is the value of moving on a line is given by S=t 4 + 3t 3.
x in terms of a. Determine the maximum displacement during
the time interval -2 ≤ t ≤ 4.
a. a/5 b. a/6 c. a/7 d. a/8
rst a. 3 b. 16 c. 27 d. 0
50. , given that r < s < 0 < w < t. what is the sign
w 58. If a particle moves along a line according to the
rst law S=t 5 +5 t 4, find time it reverses direction.
of .
w
a. 3 b. 16 c. 27 d. 0
a. negative c. imaginary 59. If the three positive number x, y, z are in G.P.,
b. positive d. cannot be define which of the following is true?
4 3 2
51. ( h ) ( K ) ( m ), given that K < 0 and h and m is a. 2 log y = log x + log z
not equal to zero. What is the sign of b. log (x + y) = log 2z
( h 4 ) ( K 3 ) ( m2 ). c. (log x)(log z) = 2 log y
d. log x – log y = log z
a. negative c. imaginary 60. Two points x and y are on opposite side of a
b. positive d. cannot be define building which lies on the same straight line
52. What should be the length of radius of the circle connecting them. Measurements were made
described by the equation from those two points and records the angle of
x 2+ y 2−8 x+ 2 y +8=0 elevation of the top of the building and the
following figures were recorded as 16.5° and
a. 6 b. 5 c. 4 d. 3
53. How many three-letter arrangements can be 26.5° respectively. Find the height of the
building if the distance between x and y is
made with letters that comprise the word
ANGLE if no letter may be repeated. 330m.

a. 31.62 b. 61.32 c. 62.31 d. 32.61

a. 60 b. 50 c. 65 d. 55
54. A series of numbers or terms is defined by the 61. Determine the total surface area of a 4 cm by 6
cm rectangular pyramid of perpendicular height
parametric formula a n=15(1.2)n−1, where n is
of 12 cm.
 a. 176.9 b. 166.9 c. 156.9 d. 146.9 68. A student is given a simple set which contains
62. If you are doing a survey, which method of only two integers, 15 and 16 and is written as
collecting data would most likely result in an set {15, 16}. The set is equivalent to:
unbiased random sample. a. {x|15 < x ≤ 16, where x is an integer}
a. Placing a survey in a local newspaper on b. {x|15 < x < 16, where x is an integer}
how they voted in the last 2010 elections. c. {x|14 ≤ x < 16, where x is an integer}
b. Selecting every third teenager leaving a mall d. {x|14 < x ≤ 16, where x is an integer}
to answer survey about shopping. 69. In a steel tape survey, the sides of a triangular
c. Survey dean’s lister taking concrete design lot were determined to have the following
to determine the average amount of the CE values: 255.5 m, 301.4 m and 212.5 m.
students study each night. Determine the angle opposite the longest side?
d. Selecting students by the last digit of their
school student number to participate in a a. 69.6° b. 79.6° c. 89.6° d. 99.6°
70. A triangular lot ABC is surveyed and gave the
survey about cafeterias food.
63. A 4.2 cm by 4.2 cm square pyramid whose following measurements. Angle A = 30°, side a =
8m, and side b = 12m. How many triangular lots
sloping edges are each 15 cm. Find the total
surface area. maybe formed with these measurements?

a. 1 b. 2 c. 3 d. 4
a. 122.38 b. 132.38 c. 142.38 d. 152.38
64. A pyramid having an octagonal base of side 5cm 71. A survey instrument was set up at A, with a
known elevation of 563.80m above sea level,
and a perpendicular height of 20 cm. Find the
total surface area. the angle of elevation of the top of the hill was
measured as 34.66°. The instrument was moved
a. 337.8 b. 437.8 c. 537.8 d. 637.8 to B, 450m nearer to the mountain nut 25m
65. A set has 5 items and it has a range of 7. The set lower in elevation than A, and the angle of
is composed of the following: elevation was 43.22°. Determine the elevation
{1, 2, m, 5, m2} with m > 0 of the top of the hill.
Find the average number in the set.
a. 983.8 b. 1610.83 c. 1710.8 d. 1810.83
a. 3.76 b. 4.76 c. 5.76 d. 6.76 72. A huge sporty sail boat has two sails that are in
66. Electric resistance of metal are dependent on the shape of similar triangles. The larger sail
temperature. For a certain given wire at t measures 10m by 24m by 26m. if you measured
degrees C, the resistance R in ohms maybe the dimension of the shortest side of the
computed as R=R o (1+ αt ) where Ro is the smaller sail and found it to be 6m long, what is
resistance at 0° centigrade and α is the the perimeter of the smaller sail?
temperature coefficient of resistance in degrees
a. 16 b. 25 c. 36 d. 49
centigrade. Solve the value of Ro in ohms if R =
73. A chord, 7.49 m long, is 4.2 m from the center
30 ohms at 50°C and R = 35 ohms at 100°C.
of a circle. Find the area of the circle.
a. 25 b. 35 c. 45 d. 55
a. 99.47 b. 100.47 c. 101.47 d. 102.47
74. Calculate the area of a rectangular octagon if
67. The molar heat capacity of a solid component is each side is 20 mm and the width across the flat
defined by the equation c = a + bT. When c = 52, is 48.3 mm.
T = 100 and when c = 172, T = 400. Calculate the
a. 2032 b. 1932 c. 1832 d. 1732
value of b. 75. Determine the area of a regular hexagon which
has sides 25mm.
a. 0.40 b. 0.50 c. 0.60 d. 0.70
 a. 1723.8 b. 1623.8 c. 1523.8 d. 1423.8 84. cos A < 0 and tan A > 0
76. The major axis of an ellipse is 200 mm and the
minor axis is 100mm. determine the a. I b. II c. III d. IV
85. sec x > 0 and sin x > 0
approximate perimeter of the ellipse.

a. 124.71 b. 424.71 c. 174.24 d. 471.24 a. I b. II c. III d. IV

86. tan B < 0 and sec B > 0
77. Four numbers are such that the sum of the first,
third and fourth exceeds the second by 8, the a. I b. II c. III d. IV
sum of the squares of the first and second
exceeds the sum of the squares of the third and 87. Find the min. value of f(x) = 2x +x 2.
the fourth by 36, the sum of the products of the
first and second and third and fourth is 42, the a. 2 b. 1 c. -1 d. 0
cube of the first equals the sum of the cubes of Situation 9:
the second, third and fourth. Which if the For the different trigonometric expressions below,
following is not any of the four numbers? find the respective values.

a. -5 b. 6 c. 5 d. 4
88. cos ( −43 π )
78. A sphere of radius 1 is totally submerged in a
cylindrical tank of radius 4. The water level in a. 0 b. 2/3 c. −√ 3/2 d. -1/2
the tank rises a distance h. What is the value of
h?
89. sin ( 113π )
a. 0.083 b. 0.163 c. 0.0234 d. 0.038 a. 0 b. 2/3 c. −√ 3/2 d. -1/2
79. A cube has a surface area of 6x. What is the
volume of the cube? 90. cos ( 192 π )
a. x4/3 b. x3/4 c. x3/2 d. x2/3 a. 0 b. 2/3 c. −√ 3/2 d. -1/2
80. A sphere has a radius of r. if this radius is 91. What kind of symmetry, if any, does the graph
increased by b, then what is the increased of y=x 2−16 have?
surface area of the sphere?
a. It is symmetrical with respect to x-axis
a. b. c. d. b. It does not have any symmetry
Situation 7: c. It is symmetrical with respect to y-axis
Given an angle in standard position. Determine d. It is symmetrical with respect to both x and
which quadrant does the terminal side of the angles y-axis
given fall. 92. The graph of f(y) = y2 is translated 2 units left
81. tan c > 0 and sec c > 0 and reflected over the x-axis. The resulting
graph is then represented by g(y). What is the
a. I b. II c. III d. IV value of g(4)?
82. csc D < 0 and cos D > 0
a. -4 b. -16 c. -25 d. -36
a. I b. II c. III d. IV 93. You are given the word “absolute”. Calculate
83. tan y > 0 and sin y < 0
how many three letter arrangements can be
a. I b. II c. III d. IV formed out of the letters in that word if each
Situation 8: letter is used only once.
Given the following inequalities, determine which
a. 666 b. 633 c. 336 d. 363
quadrant does the terminal side of the angle in 2
94. If b y +2 y−3=0, when y = -3, what is the
standard position falls.
value of b?
 a. -1 only c. -1 and 1 only elevation of its top is recorded as 56.7°. If the
b. -3 only d. 1 only height of the instrument is 7.54m from the level
Situation 10: ground, determine the height of the building.
From the following angles in standard position, find
the values of the trigonometric functions asked if a. 91.57 b. 75.19 c. 15.79 d. 51.79
the given points are on the terminal sides of the
angles.
95. ( √ 3 ,−2), find the cosine.

a.
b.
√ 21 c.
2 √ 22
d.
5 √ 29
−4 √ 17 7 9 29
17
96. (−2 , 5 ) , find the sine.

a.
b.
√ 21 c.
2 √ 22
d.
5 √ 29
−4 √ 17 7 9 29
17
97. (−2 ,−8), find the sine.

a.
b.
√ 21 c.
2 √ 22
d.
5 √ 29
−4 √ 17 7 9 29
17
98. If a, b, c are integers and ab + c is odd, which of
the following must be false.

a. a + c is odd c. abc is odd

b. abc is even d. b + c is even
99. Determine the equivalent expression of x-3/2
where x > 0.

1 1
a. 1/ 2 3 c. 1/ 3 2
(x ) (x )
2 3
b. ( x 1/ 3 ) d. −( x 1/ 2 )
100. Using a levelling instrument, a surveyor
measures the angle of depression of a building
and found it to be 14.54° while the angle of

01. A 12. A 23. C 34. D 45. A 56. C 67. A 78. A

02. C 13. C 24. D 35. C 46. A 57. C 68. C 79. C
03. A 14. B 25. A 36. A 47. B 58. D 69. B 80. B
04. A 15. D 26. B 37. B 48. A 59. A 70. B 81. A
05. C 16. D 27. A 38. D 49. C 60. B 71. D 82. D
06. C 17. D 28. D 39. C 50. B 61. D 72. C 83. C
07. A 18. C 29. C 40. A 51. A 62. A 73. A 84. C
08. A 19. B 30. B 41. B 52. D 63. C 74. B 85. A
09. B 20. A 31. A 42. D 53. A 64. C 75. B 86. D
10. D 21. D 32. D 43. D 54. A 65. A 76. D 87. C
11. D 22. B 33. B 44. D 55. B 66. A 77. A 88. D
89. C 91. C 93. C 95. B 97. A 99. A
90. A 92. D 94. D 96. D 98. C 100. D